Emergency safety support for brake beams



sept. 1, 1925.

' S. A. CRONE EMERGENCY SAFETY SUPPORT FOR BRAKE `BEAMS 2 Shets-Sheet i Filed Dec. 20, 1924 qui INVENTOR 2 ATTORNEY.

Sept. 19251 S. A. CRONE EMERGENCY SAFETY SUPPORT FOR BRAKE BEANS Filed Das.y 2o, 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 xNvEN'roR y' n ,55TH f6. Ha/v5 /f BY @V "9 i! M'ITORNEY Patented sept. 1, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

sETH A. enorm, or EAST ORANGE, NEW JERSEY, Assrcnon, 'ro BUFFALO BRAKE BEAM COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.,

A CORPORATION or `:NEW YORK.

EMERGENCY SAFETY SUPPO'R'I FOR BRAKE BEANS.

Application filed December 20, 1924. Serial No. 757,125.

lTo all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, SETH A. CnoNn, a citib zen of the United States, and a resident of East Orange, in the, county of Essex and State of New Jerseyhave invented certain new and useful Improvements in Emergency Safety Supports for Brake Beams, of which the following is a specification. y

The invention pertains to railway brake beams, and particularly to novel auxiliary or emergency supporting bars extending below and to receive the .brakebeams in the event that said beams should become detached from their hangings, one purpose of the-'invention being to prevent, in case of accident, the brake beams from falling under the Wheels, derailment being thus avoided.` y

A further feature of the invention resides in the means I have provided for securing the auxiliary or emergency bars and sus-- pending the same from the bottom of the usual or any suitable form of spring plank,

these means being adapted to very firmly support and clamp the auxiliary or emergency safety bars, and also, when necessary, to permit the convenient removal of said bars in a speedy and convenient manner.

In carrying out my invention Isecure a novel form of inverted channel-like` bracket tothe spring plank, and mount' the emerency bar within said bracket and finally lgook the bar within the-bracket by means of a removable transverse pin which extends between the sides of the bracket and engages a transverse recess in' the to of the bar, said pini, when in position, prdfnting the bar from having endwise move ent and bind'- ing the bar down against said bracket.

The invention will be "fully understood from the detailed description hereinafter presented, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a vertical longitudinal section through a portion of a 4car truck equipped with the features of my invention, the seotion being on the dotted line 11- of Fig. 2;

of the Same; l Fig. 3 is a longitudinal' section',` partly broken away, through a portionqof the same taken on the dotted line 3--3 of F 2';

Fig. 4 is a bottom view of the ,channelsupport which I secure to the springplank and withinwhich I mount the emergency Fig. 5 is a. vertical transverse section through a portion of the car truck taken on the dotted line 5-5 of Fig. 1*;

v Fig. 6 is a like view, the section being taken on the dotted line 6-6 of Fig. 1, and Fig. 7' is a top View, partly broken away of a cartruck showing the auxiliary or einergency supporting bars positioned below the end portions of the brake beams, at each side of the truck. .L

In the drawings 10 designates a conventional form of spring plank, 11 the channel like supporting bracket and 12 the auxiliary or emergency bar held in said support or bracket, it being understood that there is a.4

metal and represents an inverted channel of suitable width to receive between its sidemembers 13, the bar 12. The top 14 of the supporting bracket 11 may be secured b; rivets 15 aga-inst the bottom of the spring plank 10. The lower edges of the sides 13 of the bracket or support 11 are 4at suitable points flanged inwardly and turned upwardly, as at 16, thereby formingshoulders and grooves to `receive the lower side edges of the bar l2, which is also preferably of inverted channel shape. that the flanges 16 extend the entire length of the lowerside edges of the bracket or support 11, and hence at points 17 I have out away portions of the sides of the channel, leaving elongated inwardly flanged'portions 16 at the middle of the lower side edges of the 'bracket or support and shorter fiange members 16 at the end portions of said bracket or support. It will be understood quite readily that the bar 12 may be slid into and from the bracket or support'pll and ,that when 'said bar is in position it willbe Fig. 2 is a top view, partly broken away;v

efficiently supported by the inwardly turned flange members 16, which not only support the bar 12, but serve to'eficiently guide said bar during the insertion of the same into and its withdrawal from the bracket or support 1l.

. Itis necessary that the bar 12 be locked in liti position within the brackel or support 11A and to that end l transversely depress or rcthe topjot the bar 12, as at 18, and'in't-io duce a pin -'19`tlirougl'i close fit-ting holes in the sides 13 oi the bracket or support and through,therecesses 18 of the bar 12, this 19 serving by itsengagement with the depressed portions or recesses 18 of the bar4 2 to locksaid bar against endwise movenient. The pin 19 is removable, and hence, when desired, ythe pin may be withdrawn for perinittinggthe removal of the bar 12. The pin 19 has a Vdrive tit against the bar 12 and will preferably be equipped with a Cotter or the like20 for securing it in place. li also preferably'provide means for locking the pin 19 against accidental loss should the cotter key' 2O be absent or become broken, and these means comprise a lock 21 formed lxor sheet metal and having a member 22 at one side of the bracket or support 11 and containiiig-ahole through Awhich the pin 19 passes, 'a corresponding member 23 lying Aagainst the other side' of the bracketvor support 11 vand containing a hole through which the pin v'19 passes,*an extension 24 from the member' 23 and which I bend downivardly against the head of said pin and an integral member' 25 `which connects the two side members 22, 23 of the lock.

'Tliebracket 11 affords an eiiicicnt .and very durablesupp'ort for the safety bar 12, and said bar 12 is clamped down in position on said bracketvby means of thepin 19, which as .already explained may be witlidrawn for permitting the removal of the bar 12 from said-bracket.

The invention is not eonned' to any special means for securing the bracket 11 to the sning plank, nor to 'the' specific details of tiie forni or' the bracket "11 and bar 12, nor to any special A'form of spring plank, the terni spring plank being employed herein in a generic sense d including anykof the customary str uc'titres connecting the central portions Aof the side frameseta car truck together.

What 11 claim as my invention and desire 'to secure by Letters Patent, is:`

1. ln acer-truck having a spring plank, emergency safety bars extending below andA l iioinially'-fi'ee' oi' the end portions of thel in- *iside hung brake beam of the truck and means removablysupporting said bars 'from and engagin the spring plank, comprising brackets secured to the'spring plank Iand having pai'- ailel depending side members, portions oft Which'are flanged inwardly to' provide supports for said bars, and transverse pins extending through said side members above down on said supportsand against endwise/ movement. z f i 2. Linea car-.track having a spring plankff" fr said bars and locking said bars normally free of ythe end portions of the in side hung bialieybeaiii of the truck and means removably supporting said bars from the spring plank, yc'on'ipiisingl brackets secured to thcsiriiig plank/and having pai'- allel depending side members, portions of which are flangedinwardly to provide supports for said bars, and transverse pins extending through said side members above and engaging said bars and locking said bars down on said `supports and against endwise movement, saidbars having transverse re' cesses across their top to receive and interlock with saidjpins. f

3. 1n a canti-nek of the type employing inside hung "brake beams and having a spring plank, an emergency safety bar eX-A tending below and normally free of the brake beams, an inverted channel bracket secured tothe spring plank and having portions of its side members flanged inwardly t0 provide supports for saidbar and a transf verse pin extending through said side members and engaging the top of said bar for binding the bar down on said supports and against endwise movement. i

il. ln a car truck of the typeemploying inside vhung brake beams and having al spring plank, an emergency safety bar extending below and normally free of the brake beams, an inverted channel-bracket secured to the spring plank 'and having portions of its side members flanged inwardlvv and upwardly to provide supports and gui ing grooves for said bar and a transverse pin extending through said sidemenibers and engaging the top of: said bar 'for binding ,the bar down onsaid supports and'against endwise movement.,

5. in a car truck ci@ the type employing inside hung brake beams and having a spring plank, an emergency safety bar extending below and normally 'ree of the brake beams, an inverted lchannel bracket secured to the spring plank and having portions of its side members flanged inwardly to provide supports for said "bar, and a transverse pin extending through said side i members and engaging the top of said bar for binding the bar'downl on said supports and against endwise movement, said bar being of inverted channel shape in cross section. y Y f dln a car truck or the type employing inside hung brake' beamsy and having a spring pla-nk,l an emergency safety' bar eX- tending below and normally free of the brake beams, an inverted channel bracket secured to vthe spring plank and having portions of its side members flanged inwardly and said side members being at their transyese central portions formed with registern ing apertures, and a transverse pin extending through said apertures above the transemergenev safety bars extending below and verse central portion ,or said bar for lockingthe bar down on said supports and against ing apertures, and e transverse pin extendendwise movement. ing through saidapertures above the trans- 1 7 In a car truck of the type employing verse central portion of said bar for locking inside hun brake beams and having a the bar-down on said supports and against '15 vI'Splll'g pla an emergency safety bar ex end wise movement, the top o said sa'fet 'tending below and normauy l free O'f the bar being transversely recessed to interlocc brake beins,'an inverted channely bracket Wlth Sind P1111 Y 'seen-red to the spring plank and having por- Signed at New York mty, 1n the county of --ons of its Side members anged inwardly New York and State of New York, thls 15th 20 1.0, d Isaid. :side members being at their transu day 0f December A- D- 1924 verse central portions formed with register- SETH A. GRNE. 

